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  • 113 High Street Northcote - Shops

    The parcel of land immediately to the north of Westgarth Street Northcote was solid in 1837 to George...
  • A study of businesses in High Street Preston 1892 -1975

    Drawing from a number of sources, including local newspapers and street directories, this history gives a...
  • Agnes Glew - Bootmaker and early settler (1819-1911)

    Agnes Glew and her husband George arrived in the colony of Victoria 1852. They immediately began a family....
  • Bastings' General Store

    Horace and Edwin Bastings arrived in Victoria in 1849 and after a period on the goldfields, established...
  • Butchers shops - 721 High Street Reservoir

    In 1879 Gottlieb Seeber set up a butcher's shop on the northwest corner of High Street and Regent Stree...
  • Carelli - the Vizzinese Tailors of Northcote

    Gioacchino and Domenico Carelli came out to Australia from Vizzini in Sicily in 1952. They were tailors and...
  • Carelli Tailors

  • Carl Oldenberg - Saddler, Northcote

    German born Carl Oldenberg started his saddlery in High Street, South Preston in the early 1890s. Around...
  • Chinese Market Gardens

    The first Chinese market gardens appeared in Northcote in 1887. The Chinese had arrived in Victoria in large...
  • Confectioners, Northcote

    No. 215 St. Georges Road, Northcote represents the typical shop found on this road during the 1920s and 30s....
  • Confectioners, Thornbury

    In 1915 a combined corner store and home was built on the corner of Wales Street and Speight Street...
  • Confectioners, West Preston

    No. 65 Jessie Street Preston began life as a normal double fronted Edwardian home but in 1921 a small shop...
  • Edward Wood

    The Wood family arrived in Preston in 1850 well prepared for their new life. Equipped with household...
  • Fern Confectionary Palace

    Fern Confectionary Palace was opened in 1914 at 222 High Street Northcote. It was run by Mrs West and was...
  • Fred Poole's Coffee Palace

    Fred Poole opened his coffee palace in 1891 only a block up from Mary Cunningham’s Coffee Haven at 77...
  • Gibbs Brothers - 795-815 High Street Reservoir

    The first ironmonger/produce store at 795 High Street was established by A. Freeman in 1911. Four years...
  • Gill's Coffee Palace and Refreshment Rooms

    In 1881 Harry John Ramus Gill arrived in Northcote and set up refreshment rooms on the west side of High...
  • Harvey's Grocery Store, Preston

    Joseph Harvey arrived in Preston around 1893/94 and established himself as a grocer on the west side of High...
  • Horace Bastings

    Horace Bastings was born in Islington, London in 1831 and arrived in Northcote either in the late 1840s or...
  • Hubert Leslie Wood

    Hubert Leslie Wood (1874-1940) was the third generation owner-operator of the General Store on High Street,...
  • J. M. Howard - Bootmaker

    J. M. Howard established his small boot making business on the west side of Plenty Road in 1912. Near the...
  • Jacob Borkheim - Murder - Part 1

    At 4 o’clock on the afternoon of 9 March 1921 Northcote’s High Street was shattered by the sound of three...
  • John McNamara - Baker

    John McNamara was born in Collingwood in 1859. He started his career at a oilcloth factory in Northcote...
  • Mark Sharp - Bootmaker

    Mark Sharp established a business as a bootmaker at 394 (later renumbered 422) High Street Northcote in 1896....
  • Mary Cunningham's Coffee Haven

    Mary Cunningham operated one of two coffee palaces which opened in Plenty Road Preston in 1891. Coffee...
  • Mastroianni Green Grocers, Northcote

    From the early 1900s the Italian Government had been keen to alleviate the suffering of its poorer citizens...
  • Mr. Turner - Chemist

    The first chemist in Northcote was established on the corner of High Street and Separation Street Northcote...
  • Nelson's Cheap Ironmongery and Crockery

    The Nelsons were living in Madeline Street (now the Carlton end of Swanston Street) in 1877 when their tenth...
  • Northcote Biscuit Company

    The Northcote Biscuit Company opened at 1 Bent Street Northcote in 1936/7. A building had been there since at...
  • Northland Shopping Centre

    Northland was originally built and owned by the Myer Emporium. When it opened for business on Tuesday 4th of...
  • Oliver Gilpin

    Oliver Gilpin was a well known chain store proprietor in the early 1900s. Experienced in the drapers...
  • Outram Hairdressers

    Norman Outram established his hairdressing business in High Street Thornbury in 1922. As was common in those...
  • Peters' Grocery Store, Thornbury

    The general store on the corner of Darebin Road and Salisbury Grove opened in 1890 with Mark Peters as the...
  • Preston Market

    Construction on the Preston Market began in October 1969 when Preston Mayor W. K. Larkins drove home the...
  • Saddlers - Thornbury

    Thomas White established his saddlery at in a timber building at 759 High Street, Thornbury in 1887. In...
  • Samuel Angior - Chemist

    The first Chemist store in Northcote was established by a Mr. Turner who operated his business from a timber...
  • Samuel Leakey Bartlett

    Arriving in Preston in 1875 with his wife Anna (1844-1927), Samuel Bartett purchased seven acres of land on...
  • Samuel White - Bootmaker

    Samuel White set up his boot making business in a small weatherboard building on the east side of High...
  • Sargent's Cakes

    Sargent’s Cakes at 40 Edwardes Street Reservoir was established in 1952 by James Percy G. Sargent and his son...
  • Shops and businesses of Northcote

    The first known shop in Northcote was an ironmongers operating from a tent and started by William Shade in...
  • Stephenson's Grocery Store, Preston

    Charles Stephenson opened his grocery store in Plenty Road, South Preston in 1903. In 1911 he moved to 357 -...
  • Thomas White - Saddlers, South Preston

    Sands and McDougall’s Melbourne and Suburban Directory 1864- 1974. [Microfiche]. (1974). Melbourne,...
  • Weaver's Grocery Store

    Richard Weaver operated a grocery store in High Street, Northcote in the 1860s. It was located on the east...
  • William J. Inglis

    William Inglis was the founder of a well known timber and hardware store on the corner of Plenty Rd and...
  • William Shade - Ironmonger

    When William Shade arrived in Northcote in 1848 the town was little more than a few scattered huts with High...
  • William T. Clapham - Butcher

    Ward, Andrew (2001). Darebin Heritage Review 2000. Burwood, Vic: City Of Darebin.
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